Is this Little John Coate's will? http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar/JC1817EDSC.txt This is on the Edgefield County SC page in the Archive... If so, it shows his kids as: 1. John 2. James 3. Hannah 4. Gracey who married James Smiley 5. Mary who married Marmaduke Coate it was filed in 1817...no wife named...no son William...no son Henry...no son Marmaduke but son in law Marm....hmmm, most interesting...this is only a transcribed copy...I was just checking to see what I have before ordering microfilm for probates in Edgefield... Which Marmaduke Coate is this...? Mary and Marm were cousins or what? Char ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com